Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.

Frederick Douglass

Dear Michael,

It’s the fourth of July and I’ve been meditating on Freedom. Today is my daughter’s birthday. It’s also the birthday of the United States of America. The founding “fathers” declared on September 9, 1776, that all “men” are equal, that the business of government was to protect the right to freedom and equality, and that the people are free to revolt if these rights are not protected. But, are we truly free? Are we treated as equals and do we treat others as equals? Can we speak our truth without fear of persecution, enslavement, or being shunned while having our basic natural rights denied? Perhaps it is time for a revolution? Not a revolution with guns, bombs, and weapons. We can see how well that is working in the world. Maybe it is time for a revolution of the heart!

Where do we begin this revolt against tyranny and injustice? Perhaps by questioning and exploring our own inner sense of freedom. Do we feel free to express our most authentic selves in the world? If not, what is stopping us? What are the self-imposed limits and restraints that keep us silent in the face of injustice, enslavement, and habitat destruction? What is the genesis of these barriers to self-expression? Do we feel safe in the world? Do we feel separate, alienated, and alone in the world? Do we have a sense of belonging or do we sometimes feel like an abandoned outcast in a world of madness? Perhaps our freedom doesn’t have anything to do with external restraints?

True freedom is always spiritual. It has something to do with your innermost being, which cannot be chained, handcuffed, or put into jail.

Osho

LIVE IN NEVADA CITY WITH MICHAEL STONE

This year we are offering both a live and online version of our flagship course on Relational Intimacy. This course got rave reviews the last time we offered it - and it's only gotten better - We have a lot of new material that takes the process even deeper... If you participated in the last one and want to deepen your exploration in the new version we are offering it at half price for reviewers.

Relational Intimacy

The Magic and Mystery of Authentic Relating

LIVE with Michael Stone

Real intimacy is a sacred experience. It never exposes its secret trust 

and belonging to the voyeuristic eye of a neon culture. Real intimacy 

is of the soul, and the soul is reserved.

John O'Donohue

Relational Intimacy is a process of engaging mystical principles and embodied practices to deepen and evolve our sense of intimate relatedness with ourselves, each other, and our natural world. 

Do you find yourself in repetitive and habitual arguments, challenges, and difficulties in your personal, familial, or work relationships? Do you feel you are not heard or seen by the most important people in your life? Are you experiencing frustration in having your voice heard and your most essential projects manifested? If so, this is a workshop for you. We will also learn to apply the alchemy of living relationally and intra-dependently to create a new paradigm for living a life you love.

Intimacy is a totally different dimension. It is allowing the other to come 

into you, to see you as you see yourself.

Osho

September 2-3, 2023

$395 US / Early Registration by midnight PT Oct. 31st $295 US

Inner Path Yoga Studio, 200 Commercial St. Nevada City

Michael Stone is a spiritual author, mentor, shamanic practitioner, radio host, producer, and trauma integration facilitator who has been teaching and leading groups ​and transformational programs for over 50 years.

ONLINE PROGRAMS WITH MICHAEL STONE

• The CORE (Community, Organizing, Resourcing & Empowerment Group) is an ongoing online program for people who want to do the deeper spiritual and trauma integration work. In this advanced program we continue to deepen our ability to transcend our sense of separate self and develop the skills of Relational Intimacy, Authentic and Embodied Communication, Post Traumatic Healing, and Community Organizing... To apply for this program you must have a regular meditation practice and fill out this confidential application. Michael will then set up a zoom interview to see if this is a fit for you and the group.

This Month on WE Earth Radio

& Book of the Month

Encounters with Living Language:

Surrendering to the Power of Words

by Christina Donnell

For me this is the most profound and transmission-dense little book I have perhaps ever read. Seriously! In only 150 pages Christina takes us into the underworld of language to discover somatic-sensory receptors that drop us below the level of ordinary consciousness and language to experience the very source of attuning with the greater universe and the level of pure silence at the heart of creation. I have read this book 3 times and each time received amazing insights.

Please listen to our Interview below.

Video of the Month

Humans have no freaking clue how the world actually works



with Charles Eisenstein

Free Programs and Upcoming Events

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About Michael Stone

Michael Stone is a spiritual author, mentor, shamanic practitioner, radio host, producer, and trauma integration facilitator who co-creates individual and group environments and experiences that support people in transcending the myth of separation, and experiencing deep and profound interconnection with others and all of life. He has been teaching and leading experiential events, classes, teleseminars and workshops on Organizational Development, Embodied Shamanism, Moving Meditation, Mysticism, Relational Intimacy, Personal Growth, Trauma Integration and Spiritual Fulfillment for over 40 years. www.WellofLight.com

Soul Remembering and Restoration: Rediscovering Our Essential Goodness

• Somatic Trauma Integration Facilitation
• Group & Couples Counselling
• Movement & Meditation Experiences

To meet the financial and emotional challenges of our time Michael is now offering a sliding scale for therapeutic sessions online & in person.

If you are interested in working with Michael you can set up a 15 minute introductory call here.

For more information click here.

Poetry Corner

Caged Bird

A free bird leaps

on the back of the wind

and floats downstream

till the current ends

and dips his wing

in the orange sun rays

and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage

can seldom see through

his bars of rage

his wings are clipped and

his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings

with a fearful trill

of things unknown

but longed for still

and his tune is heard

on the distant hill

for the caged bird

sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze

and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees

and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn

and he names the sky his own.

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams

his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream

his wings are clipped and his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings

with a fearful trill

of things unknown

but longed for still

and his tune is heard

on the distant hill

for the caged bird

sings of freedom.

by Maya Angelou

More freedom PLEASE! Buddha